---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: AREA51 TECH Date: Friday, October 7, 2011 Subject: |The Superlative World-Wide_Politics| “Fast and Furious” Operation Sherrod Brown United States Senator responds
Dear Mr. House: Thank you for getting in touch with me regarding Attorney General Eric Holder. I have heard from several Ohioans sharing your concern about Attorney General Holder’s role in the “Fast and Furious” Operation. In response to the growing violence on the United States-Mexico border, the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), which is tasked with stopping gun trafficking and the illegal flow of guns into Mexico, established Project Gunrunner in 2006. The goal of Project Gunrunner is to work with domestic and international law enforcement agencies, firearms dealers, and other partners to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle the weapons trafficking network which arms Mexican drug cartels. Since 2006, ATF has indentified more than 2,500 defendants for prosecutions due to the success of Project Gunrunner. Of the 4,500 active Project Gunrunner investigations taking place across the United States, one investigation in Arizona called “Fast and Furious” has rightfully drawn criticism. This investigation allowed guns to cross the border to allow ATF agents to track Mexican drug cartels. Tragically, one of the guns from the “Fast and Furious” Operation was used to murder Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The Department of Justice and Congress are both conducting investigations of the “Fast and the Furious” Operation and the role of agency heads at both ATF and Justice Department. I will continue to monitor the progress of these investigations. As we learn more about individual’s roles in the “Fast and Furious” operations, I will keep your thoughts in mind. Thank you again for writing to share your concerns. Sincerely, Sherrod Brown United States Senator __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: New Members 8 Visit Your Group This email group is to share information, opinions, and experiences that relate to politics. Please be polite, open-minded, and tolerant. World-wide_Politics is not responsible for the comments, copyrights, or topics of messages received on this email group. Messages are the complete responsibility of the sender. World-wide_Politics reserves the right to modify messages or delete posts considered not appropriate for this email group, revoke posting privileges, and/or revoke the membership of any group member. Posts about religion should relate to politics. Ideal Post Format http://groups.yahoo.com/group/World-wide_Politics/files/Ideal%20Post%20Format MARKETPLACE Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
